Plymouth City Council elections

Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the a unitary authority of Plymouth in Devon, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Non-metropolitan district
Election Labour Conservatives SDP–Liberal Alliance Independent Conservative Party in control
1973 29 37 Conservative
1976 27 39
1979 26 33 1
1983 23 34 3
1987 19 31 10
1991 41 19 Labour
1995 54 6

Election summary

After 2003, the council was elected in thirds. The number of councillors for each party following each election is listed in the table.

Election Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens Ind. All. Independent
1997 47 13
2000 38 22
2003 36 18 3
2004 35 19 2
2006 28 25 3 1
2007 26 31
2008 20 37
2010 20 36 1
2011 25 31 1
2012 31 26
2014 30 24 3
2015 28 26 3
2016 27 27 3
2018 31 26
2019 31 25 1
2021 24 26 7
2022 24 24 1 8
2023 31 18 2 3 2

Party control
Party in controlYears
Labour1997–2000
Conservative2000–2003
Labour2003–2006
No overall control[3][4]2006
(4 May – 22 June)
Labour2006–2007
Conservative2007–2012
Labour2012–2015
No overall control2015–2017
Conservative[5]2017–2018
Labour2018–2021
No overall control2021–2022
Conservative2022
(17 May – 15 October)
No overall control2022–2023
Labour2023–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1991 have been:[6][7]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
John Ingham Labour1991May 1998
Tudor Evans LabourMay 1998May 2000
Patrick Nicholson ConservativeMay 20002002
Kevin Wigens Conservative2002May 2003
Tudor Evans LabourMay 2003May 2007
Vivien Pengelly ConservativeMay 200718 May 2012
Tudor Evans Labour18 May 201220 May 2016
Ian Bowyer Conservative20 May 201618 May 2018
Tudor Evans Labour18 May 201821 May 2021
Nick Kelly Conservative21 May 202121 Mar 2022
Richard Bingley[8] Conservative21 Mar 202227 Mar 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Result maps
  • 1979 results map
    1979 results map
  • 1983 results map
    1983 results map
  • 1987 results map
    1987 results map
  • 1991 results map
    1991 results map
  • 1995 results map
    1995 results map
  • 1997 results map
    1997 results map
  • 2000 results map
    2000 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
    2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map

Changes between elections

Unitary authority
Honicknowle By-Election 7 August 1997[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,328 61.1 -11.3
Conservative 420 19.3 -8.3
Liberal Democrats 344 15.8 +15.8
Independent 67 3.1 +3.1
Independent Democrat 14 0.6 +0.6
Majority 908 41.8
Turnout 2,173 23.0
Labour hold Swing
Ham By-Election 25 September 1997[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,017 65.5 +4.8
Conservative 307 19.8 -2.3
Liberal Democrats 173 11.1 +11.1
Independent Democrat 56 3.6 -13.6
Majority 710 45.7
Turnout 1,553
Labour hold Swing
Mount Gould By-Election 2 May 2002 (2)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,179
Labour 1,101
Liberal Democrats 590
Liberal Democrats 566
Conservative 464
Conservative 449
Green 120
Green 119
UKIP 51
Turnout 4,639 29.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St Budeaux By-Election 2 May 2002[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,253 55.7 +8.9
Conservative 715 31.8 -6.7
Liberal Democrats 282 12.5 +0.0
Majority 538 23.9
Turnout 2,250 25.5
Labour hold Swing

2003 boundaries
Southway By-Election 22 June 2006[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Kirk 1,624 43.3 +3.9
Conservative Brenda Brookshaw 1,517 40.5 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Terrance O'Connor 214 5.7 -14.7
BNP Liam Birch 200 5.3 +5.3
UKIP Thomas Williams 139 3.7 +3.7
Green Raymond Tuohy 53 1.4 +1.4
Majority 107 2.8
Turnout 3,747 40.4
Labour hold Swing
Ham By-Election 3 September 2009[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Tuohy 1,243 44.0 +2.7
Conservative Nigel Churchill 676 23.9 -15.7
UKIP Andrew Leigh 442 15.6 +15.6
Independent Margaret Storer 204 7.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Trimnell 181 6.4 -6.8
BNP Adrian Romilly 82 2.9 +2.9
Majority 567 20.1
Turnout 2,828 29.0
Labour hold Swing

In September 2017, the three UKIP councillors elected in 2014, Christopher Storer (Ham), John Riley (Honicknowle) and Maddie Bridgeman (Moor View), moved to the Conservatives.[22]

Southway By-Election 27 June 2013[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonny Morris 1,247 43.1 -8.2
UKIP Peter David Berrow 764 26.4 +4.6
Conservative David Alexander Downie 487 16.8 -10.0
Independent Dennis Law Silverwood 290 10.0 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Justin Dominic Stafford 82 2.8 +2.8
TUSC Ryan Aldred 22 22 0.8 +0.8
Majority 483
Turnout 29.24
Labour hold Swing
Stoke By-Election 26 July 2018[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jemima Laing 1,427 52.8% +0.2%
Conservative Kathy Watkin 981 36.3% +2.8%
Liberal Democrats Connor Clarke 174 6.4% +1.4%
Active for Plymouth Iuliu Popescue 123 4.5% +4.5%
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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